THE BOOK OF DUCK DECOYS. | |
| Also the one at Rathescar (erected by a Baron Foster) was not in working order at the time of the publication of 'The Natural History of Ireland,' nor was the Decoy at Oriel, 2 miles distant, then in use, though Thompson adds that formerly it was wont to take sometimes as many as 60 couple of Teal in a morning. | |
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COUNTY LIMERICK. | |
Decoys in use. None. | Decoys not in use. Parteene. |
| Parteene, a small hamlet about 2 miles WNW. of Limerick, on the N. side of the River Shannon. In Donelly's Tour in Ireland (1681), the following allusion is made to this Decoy, which must have been a very early established one. "Parteene is a small town adjoining to the famous Salmon Weir belonging to the City of Limerick . . . . . . On the right hand of the bridge is a great Decoy for Ducks belonging to James Fitzgerald of the Middle Temple, Esquire. | |
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COUNTY MEATH. | |
Decoys in use. None. | Decoys not in use. Lismullen. Mountainstown. |
| Lismullen.-This Decoy has not been worked for many years, not since about 1840. Mountainstown, like the former, has long been discontinued. | |
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COUNTY MONAGHAN. | |
| Mr. R. Evatt, of Mount Louise, in this county, informed the Author that some years ago he attached a small Decoy-pipe to the lake in his grounds, but that, through non-success, it was discontinued. | |